This is one of those questions that googling gives about a million answers - but none are exactly what I'm trying to accomplish.
Would somebody be able to point me in the right direction here? I'm open to any and all suggestions on this topic, so feel free to throw anything at me.
I'm going to be starting an online service for Router rentals, for practicing and studying.
I've got a bunch of equipment that allows me to power-cycle all the routers and switches (about 30 total so far)... And the equipment that controls the power can likewise be controlled via Telnet.
So - basically - what I need to acomplish here... Is some sort of server-side function that a user "presses a button" on my website - and it calls the telnet script to turn on/off:reset:etc. the equipment that they have reserved.
The catch though - is that it's all username/password driven to control the units - so obviously I would need to make it so the end user doesn't see any of that happening in the background. Basically just pressing a "reset" button - and the IIS server calls the function to run the telnet script locally - and stuff like that.
Eventually - I'd like to expand it into some pre-defined configs for the equipment, that I can make network scenarios on the fly, just by having the user push that particular button. The telnet script would copy a pre-made basic configuration to the routers, and it would be seemless to the end user. I've got terminal servers connected and working on all devices, so it's just a matter of selecting the internal IP and port number of the terminal device.
Of course - once I can hammer the telnet - I'll be looking at SSH - but that's a bit down the road. (Gotta' get it all working first)
Would anybody happen to know of any options I can try? Please bear with me, cause' I'm no programmer.
As always - thanks for always helping me.
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